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at the time of this program was in touch with the phoenix office about this, they shipped him off to iraq, and he is unavailable for comment or to answer any questions by investigators. not to mention president obama's senior adviser for latin america was also getting briefed on program. and so why does this matter to you? why does this matter to young people, why is this a topic you should be interested in? fast and furious is, like i said, a huge scandal. it's a scandal with many scandals in a scandal. whether it's the justice department turning law-abiding gun dealers into criminals to push their own anti-second amendment political agenda, the documentation backs that up, the internal e-mails back that up, whether it's the attorney general changing his story under oath and not being held accountable for this, whether it's the whistleblowers who, like i keep saying, were the only ones who were actually being factual, having their careers destroyed. just today, actually, and this week the new atf director, you know, issued a somewhat minor threat trying to be under the radar, and i don't
at the time of this program was in touch with the phoenix office about this, they shipped him off to iraq, and he is unavailable for comment or to answer any questions by investigators. not to mention president obama's senior adviser for latin america was also getting briefed on program. and so why does this matter to you? why does this matter to young people, why is this a topic you should be interested in? fast and furious is, like i said, a huge scandal. it's a scandal with many scandals in...
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had the gates cuts in the hundreds of billions of dollars, destroying the pentagon, withdrawing from iraq, running away from afghanistan on a date certain withdraw time lime that's encouraging the taliban. i didn't talk much about foreign affairs and threatening the benefit packages which is why the veterans signed up for and deserve it. i think they'll vote against him. finally, the jewish vote, i trust medved, trust them both, and they told me in the entire adult life they never saw the jewish-american vote so leans towards voting for republican in such strong numbers. there's one word "israel" written all over it. president obama is hose still to israel. left benjamin netanyahu in the basement, say call me if something changes, did not treat him like the best ally in the middle east and probably in the world and a democratic country at that with elected leaders in the tradition is strong and ought to be supported. mitt romney is a friend of israel, and that matters to any friend of israel, jewish or not jewish in the united states. >> thank you. >> there's agreement in the room that we
had the gates cuts in the hundreds of billions of dollars, destroying the pentagon, withdrawing from iraq, running away from afghanistan on a date certain withdraw time lime that's encouraging the taliban. i didn't talk much about foreign affairs and threatening the benefit packages which is why the veterans signed up for and deserve it. i think they'll vote against him. finally, the jewish vote, i trust medved, trust them both, and they told me in the entire adult life they never saw the...
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this might be the way out of iraq for us. turns out largely what patriquin wanted it to because he proved to be very effective in fighting al qaeda and try to begin to flip from pro-al qaeda to the coalition side. in my book there are few scenes of patriquin in action. one of them was patriquin first met him. he shows up with a mustache and he speaks arabic slang, iraqi arabic and his first meeting face-to-face at what part of iraq are you from, the north or the south? patriquin as he often did would say something like no i'm from chicago. i am an american and many iraqis were befuddled by that because he thought he might've been an iraqi left as a child and done over and came back with a funny western accident. they met and quickly became very close allies through this struggle. >> you can watch this and other programs on line of booktv.org. >> you dinesh d'sousa presents his thoughts on what a second term for the obama administration would look like. the author contends that the president's policies would greatly reduce ame
this might be the way out of iraq for us. turns out largely what patriquin wanted it to because he proved to be very effective in fighting al qaeda and try to begin to flip from pro-al qaeda to the coalition side. in my book there are few scenes of patriquin in action. one of them was patriquin first met him. he shows up with a mustache and he speaks arabic slang, iraqi arabic and his first meeting face-to-face at what part of iraq are you from, the north or the south? patriquin as he often did...
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it is a story of a woman soldier in iraq. she's guarding the first prisoner of war camp we sent up there, and it goes back and forth between her story, her experience as a woman soldier, and the story of an iraqi civilian woman. they meet at a check point, and they begin to interact. this is based on things my soldiers had experienced, and so that you get to see the war from both the iraqi and the american pointed view, but told through the eyes of women, a rare way to tell stories of war. >> host: when you look back at the media coverage of the iraq war and currently the afghanistan war, do you feel that it's been fair? do you think it's been comprehensive? >> guest: depends which nation's media you are asking about. >> host: u.s.. >> guest: i think we did a bad job at the beginning of the war as has been universally acknowledged. we were too blinded by reactions to 9/11, and we did not face -- we did not question the reasons for going into iraq enough. we accepted it at face value the things we were told. we did not dig dee
it is a story of a woman soldier in iraq. she's guarding the first prisoner of war camp we sent up there, and it goes back and forth between her story, her experience as a woman soldier, and the story of an iraqi civilian woman. they meet at a check point, and they begin to interact. this is based on things my soldiers had experienced, and so that you get to see the war from both the iraqi and the american pointed view, but told through the eyes of women, a rare way to tell stories of war....
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the inside struggle from iraq from bush to barack obama. in eisenhower's secret battle to shave the world. he recounts the ten year presidency
the inside struggle from iraq from bush to barack obama. in eisenhower's secret battle to shave the world. he recounts the ten year presidency
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war in iraq. and the question remabs was it worth it? after the loss of nearly 45 hundred american troops and many more iraqi lives and the expenditure of more than $800 billion dollars. just what sort of iraq was the united states military leaving behind? michael gordon is joining us now. he's the coauthor of the new book entitled "the end game." so this is an amazing book. was it worth it. that whole many years of the war in iraq, the cost and blood and treasure. >> well, i think the question at this point is the war happened. the decision to invade was made. in 2002, 2003. the question is, what sort of relationship should the united states have with iraq now. how did the obama administration handle the end of the war and where do we go from here. >> those are all important questions, but the whole war was built on a faulty prim is that saddam had weapons of mass destruction. >> i think it's conceded that they didn't have weapons of mass destruction. >> i remember i was in kuwait on the eve of the war. i had a gas masks, they were real
war in iraq. and the question remabs was it worth it? after the loss of nearly 45 hundred american troops and many more iraqi lives and the expenditure of more than $800 billion dollars. just what sort of iraq was the united states military leaving behind? michael gordon is joining us now. he's the coauthor of the new book entitled "the end game." so this is an amazing book. was it worth it. that whole many years of the war in iraq, the cost and blood and treasure. >> well, i...
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if we look at iraq they are trying to shape the future of iraq are not arabs with iran and turkey. weakness in the leadership in the world from states like egypt, syria, iraq have been marginalized for one reason or another the decision making process is very slow and we have the leadership there. they are following and think they will get involved like the affairs and the middle east. al jazeera is still trying to sort out its bloody civil war met in the 1990's, so we have a sense of malaise and weakness and vulnerability, marginalization. and here comes the islamists who are absolutely excellent at the marginalization on the part of the u.s. in particular. in his political and not religious because the islamists now, the extremists are trying to back up the frenzy of these alienated youth and other alienated. he is allowing this to take place to the criticism from the extreme islamists and allowing against the americans so they wouldn't focus on the injustices taking place and unemployment, problems with the minorities, egypt, securities has tremendous problems. hundreds of peopl
if we look at iraq they are trying to shape the future of iraq are not arabs with iran and turkey. weakness in the leadership in the world from states like egypt, syria, iraq have been marginalized for one reason or another the decision making process is very slow and we have the leadership there. they are following and think they will get involved like the affairs and the middle east. al jazeera is still trying to sort out its bloody civil war met in the 1990's, so we have a sense of malaise...
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mccaskill: the war in iraq was a mess. and when i went to washington i went with the eyes of an auditor to look at something my predecessor in this seat felt pretty strongly about, that is war profiteering. i can assure you harry truman is spinning in his grave over what went on in iraq. congressman akin wouldn't even vote to require competitive contracts in iraq for the oil infrastructure. i helped establish the war contracting commission when i got to washington. i went to iraq and afghanistan on contracting oversight. no one had paid much attention to this. we found in the war contracting commission $60 billion, keep in mind, that is almost three years of the entire missouri budget, that just went up in smoke in waste, fraud, abuse. no one was minding the store. we have now begun to clean that up. in afghanistan, i support the mission of training their police and their army but what we're doing in terms of spending our money on infrastructure is wrong. we are now doing the same thing in afghanistan that we did in iraq.
mccaskill: the war in iraq was a mess. and when i went to washington i went with the eyes of an auditor to look at something my predecessor in this seat felt pretty strongly about, that is war profiteering. i can assure you harry truman is spinning in his grave over what went on in iraq. congressman akin wouldn't even vote to require competitive contracts in iraq for the oil infrastructure. i helped establish the war contracting commission when i got to washington. i went to iraq and...
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of iraq applause] >> good afternoon. welcome to michigan. i don't want to put you on the spot but donate $60 to your $1,000 gift -- [applause] >> if you don't want to take it next time you asked for money at it in. conservatives dig in their own pockets to solve problems. liberals look of the government to take care of them. [applause] >> george is doing okay. i will buy tickets to the film and give them too young people who might not otherwise go. [applause] >> if obama is given a second term what types of changes in his administration or his cabinet, what changes do you see happening that will help achieve his goals? >> obama in his personal appointments has to be a little cautious in the first term. partly because he was a new he needed to figure out how to operate and maneuver so he started with some clinton people and he realized pretty soon that the clinton people were trying to block him. they were trying to block him because they are traditional democrats. if you look in bob woodward's book he talks about the fact that again and agai
of iraq applause] >> good afternoon. welcome to michigan. i don't want to put you on the spot but donate $60 to your $1,000 gift -- [applause] >> if you don't want to take it next time you asked for money at it in. conservatives dig in their own pockets to solve problems. liberals look of the government to take care of them. [applause] >> george is doing okay. i will buy tickets to the film and give them too young people who might not otherwise go. [applause] >> if obama...
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he said they left iraq with honor. next week, president obama will make stops in norfolk, virginia, before heading to the democratic national convention. gordon peterson and scott thuman will be at the convention in charlotte next week. the we did look for their reports at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. a terrible day of traffic is expected the day after the holiday weekend. and some big cuts to the redskins coming up in sports. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00. on your side. >> up to 10,000 people may have been exposed to a
he said they left iraq with honor. next week, president obama will make stops in norfolk, virginia, before heading to the democratic national convention. gordon peterson and scott thuman will be at the convention in charlotte next week. the we did look for their reports at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. a terrible day of traffic is expected the day after the holiday weekend. and some big cuts to the redskins coming up in sports. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much...
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ambassador to iraq. robert is the current head of the u.s. embassy in baghdad will testify before the committee live starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. also on c-span3, a congressional gold medal ceremony honoring nobel peace prize resip sip crept aung san suu kyi. live coverage starting at 3 p.m. on c-span3. >>> defense undersecretary robert hale says congress should have a more uniform budgetary process. he testified before a house armed services subcommittee hearing on the defense. dr. phil:'s auditing -- defense department's auditing practices. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i'm going to call the oversight invest subcommittee of the house armed services committee to order. and today's hearing on auditability challenges. want to welcome everybody to today's hearing and appreciate our witnesses coming in to talk to us more about those challenges facing the department of defense as it works toward audit readiness in 2014 and 2017. i'd like to welcome mr. robert hale, undersecretary of defense; ms. elizabeth mcgrath, the honorable
ambassador to iraq. robert is the current head of the u.s. embassy in baghdad will testify before the committee live starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. also on c-span3, a congressional gold medal ceremony honoring nobel peace prize resip sip crept aung san suu kyi. live coverage starting at 3 p.m. on c-span3. >>> defense undersecretary robert hale says congress should have a more uniform budgetary process. he testified before a house armed services subcommittee hearing on the...
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military leave iraq. that appeared on the op-ed page of the "los angeles times" and then began wandering the media world. one of its stops, curiously enough was the military newspaper, stars and stripes. this e-mail respons read your article in stars and stripes. when was the last time you visited iraq? a critique and 15 well-chosen world. his point, i was then a 65-year-old guy who had never been anywhere near iraq and undoubtably never would have. possibly more than once and disagreed with my assessment. this is not to be taken lightly. what, after all, do i know about iraq? only the reporting i've been able to read. the analysis found lots of experts, on the other hand, even from thousands of miles away, i was one of many who could see enough by early 2003 to go into the streets and demonstrate against an onrushing disaster that a lot of people theoretically are far more as a cakewalk or the new century. it is true that i have never strolled down a street in baghdad. and that is a deficit if you want t
military leave iraq. that appeared on the op-ed page of the "los angeles times" and then began wandering the media world. one of its stops, curiously enough was the military newspaper, stars and stripes. this e-mail respons read your article in stars and stripes. when was the last time you visited iraq? a critique and 15 well-chosen world. his point, i was then a 65-year-old guy who had never been anywhere near iraq and undoubtably never would have. possibly more than once and...
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iraq was going to be a free war also, that iraq oil was going to pay for it. never ends up happening. but that's what they told us about libya. with regard to pakistan, i have one additional requirement. they have to protect and prove to us they will protect our embassy and they have to release dr. afridi. and i think this is very little to ask. he's under death threats in prison. his family's under death threats in the countryside. they're living in hiding and living in fear because they helped us. the other reason why this administration should really take it personally is somebody leaked dr. afridi's name. his name should have never been known. i doubt it was someone with the c.i.a., but somebody who knew his name leaked this story. there were some stories about a month or two ago about how the president was doing a great job with terrorism. in those stories, it talked about a doctor with a vaccine program and his name was found out. somebody leaked those, somebody very close to the president leaked those, and i think that needs to be investigated, and it's
iraq was going to be a free war also, that iraq oil was going to pay for it. never ends up happening. but that's what they told us about libya. with regard to pakistan, i have one additional requirement. they have to protect and prove to us they will protect our embassy and they have to release dr. afridi. and i think this is very little to ask. he's under death threats in prison. his family's under death threats in the countryside. they're living in hiding and living in fear because they...
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one baghdad born interpreter told me patriquin was in love with iraq. he was addicted to the culture and he was obsessed by it. he loved the food in the and the people and everything about iraq and another of baghdad born interpreter told me, iraqis can like you but they love him for a lot of reasons. he had a magical personality and a trustful face. his presence was noted immediately. iraqis love to talk to men with a mustache and he had a mustache, suntan and a muscular body and it looked like an era. his heart was connecting to these people but the average american soldier iraqis -- but they could tell he enjoyed being with his hands as they did and he didn't take it. they thought he was telling them i will do whatever i can to tell you he was genuine. he gave iraqis the most honorable and honest picture of the american people in the middle at -- american military in particular. they thought he was the true american heart. and the iraqi born interpreter concluded, my god there is no one in the world who could have formed a close a connection with the
one baghdad born interpreter told me patriquin was in love with iraq. he was addicted to the culture and he was obsessed by it. he loved the food in the and the people and everything about iraq and another of baghdad born interpreter told me, iraqis can like you but they love him for a lot of reasons. he had a magical personality and a trustful face. his presence was noted immediately. iraqis love to talk to men with a mustache and he had a mustache, suntan and a muscular body and it looked...
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today the war in iraq is over. in afghanistan we're training afghan security forces and forging a partnership with the afghan people and by the end of 2014 the longest war in our history will be over. meanwhile countless civilians have opened their hearts to our troops, our military families and our veterans. 11 years ago memorial services were held for americans of different races and creeds, backgrounds and beliefs, and yet instead of turning us against each other tragedy has brought us together. i've always said that our fight is with al qaeda and its affiliates, not with islam or any other religion. this country was built as a beacon of freedom and tolerance. that's what's made us strong. now, and forever. finally when those innocent souls were taken from us they left behind unfulfilled and, unfulfilled work and tasks that remain undone. and that's why on a day when others sought to bring this country down we chose to build it up with a national day of service and remembrance. scripture tells us do not be overc
today the war in iraq is over. in afghanistan we're training afghan security forces and forging a partnership with the afghan people and by the end of 2014 the longest war in our history will be over. meanwhile countless civilians have opened their hearts to our troops, our military families and our veterans. 11 years ago memorial services were held for americans of different races and creeds, backgrounds and beliefs, and yet instead of turning us against each other tragedy has brought us...
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we have also used the drones a lot in iraq and afghanistan as part of the larger wars. the u.s. has also used trial and in yemen, somalia. it appears they have used terms in the philippines and in libya as well. now, libya is an interesting case because when there were discussions among the public about the pros and cons of the u.s. intervening in libya, there is one thing that was really left out of the equation and that was whether or not it was a good thing to get involved militarily to overthrow gadhafi. the way in which it was done is to cut congress altogether and the administration's just vacation or not even bringing this up for a discussion in congress is when it's just an air war that we are using drugs and new of u.s. lives are at risk of a congress should have no say and not. so think of the kind of usurpation of power by the executive ranch, taken this away from the legislative ranch and what kind of precedent is set for future people in the white house. we have also been a case of a rat, when the u.s. troops left, left drones behind and put them in the hands not of
we have also used the drones a lot in iraq and afghanistan as part of the larger wars. the u.s. has also used trial and in yemen, somalia. it appears they have used terms in the philippines and in libya as well. now, libya is an interesting case because when there were discussions among the public about the pros and cons of the u.s. intervening in libya, there is one thing that was really left out of the equation and that was whether or not it was a good thing to get involved militarily to...
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. >> host: how many women served in the iraq war. >> guest: over 200,000 have served in iraq and afghanistan. >> host: americans. >> guest: yes, americans. >> host: is that unusual? >> guest: ey, the iraq war in particular set a precedent historically, more women served and have been wounded and killed in the iraq war by iran's 2005 into the war already, than all the american wars put together since world war ii, including afghanistan. so, it was a huge difference. one in every ten troops in iraq was a woman. >> host: did they serve in different capacities than hey served in the past? >> guest: yes, bought because of the nature of the war is a guerrilla war, there isn't any front line. having an area where soldiers from the enemy side will meet up and fight. that doesn't happen anymore. battles take place in hospitals, even if you're driving a truck full of toilet paper, you can be attacked. so, because of no frontline, even if you're combat support or an engineer or a cook, you can get drawn into battle, and many, many women also were being used as gunners and working alongside with the inf
. >> host: how many women served in the iraq war. >> guest: over 200,000 have served in iraq and afghanistan. >> host: americans. >> guest: yes, americans. >> host: is that unusual? >> guest: ey, the iraq war in particular set a precedent historically, more women served and have been wounded and killed in the iraq war by iran's 2005 into the war already, than all the american wars put together since world war ii, including afghanistan. so, it was a huge...
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but you could see where it closed up in '07-08 because of the iraq war, and now it's closed up again. and the interesting thing about that is it's at zero now because we have a president who has had an enormously successful first term when it comes to national security. when we did focus groups on this with swing voters in ohio and florida earlier year, what we found was even voters disinclined to support the president, people who were planning to vote for mitt romney, could not name a single thing that they were willing to criticize president obama on when it comes to national security. they view his record as very solid, they all said the same thing, he got us out of iraq, he got bin laden, he did all the things that you would expect them to say that he did, and they believe that he's done a great job as president. however, there is still some skepticism of democrats as a party, some of the same old questions folks had when we did focus groups in '08 came up again this year, but when it comes to obama, they believe he's done an enormously good job on this. so while the president is
but you could see where it closed up in '07-08 because of the iraq war, and now it's closed up again. and the interesting thing about that is it's at zero now because we have a president who has had an enormously successful first term when it comes to national security. when we did focus groups on this with swing voters in ohio and florida earlier year, what we found was even voters disinclined to support the president, people who were planning to vote for mitt romney, could not name a single...
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next administration and will they be more cost-effective so we don't have to -- on the scale we had in iraq and afghanistan? >> feel free to weigh in. the issue of pulling back and looking at both candidates's personalities but also brought a trends happening behind it. we are not going to see this technology of unmanned systems or if you move into other new technologies that are game changers like this, we are not going to see it go away. accompanying more commonplace not just in the u.s. but both our allies or adversaries and also growing more capable. ramp up the number of strikes during obama's administration and that is a complex story but apart the media doesn't talk about is not only do we have more drones but they also carry more munitions. if you have a plane that carries one bomb and another guy had a plane with six bombs the other guy in the future will have more munitions by then. an example of what played out in the advancement of our weaponry and one of the primary system is. the technology is getting more used. obama and romney will have it as their full. i don't think we wil
next administration and will they be more cost-effective so we don't have to -- on the scale we had in iraq and afghanistan? >> feel free to weigh in. the issue of pulling back and looking at both candidates's personalities but also brought a trends happening behind it. we are not going to see this technology of unmanned systems or if you move into other new technologies that are game changers like this, we are not going to see it go away. accompanying more commonplace not just in the...
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the gee hotties in iraq and afghanistan, they are freedom fighters. they should be given constitutional rights. treated like citizens. but bin laden, the al qaeda guys, they are international criminals. there is no inconsistency in occupied territories. >> i just returned from afghanistan. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] >> my question is regarding afghanistan do you feel that he wants to dismantle the u.s. military or there is some other reasons behind it? >> when the question is about the military and resources. he says that we can't afford it, the military cuts. i agree, what i'm trying to say is that we are in a budget crisis and we can't afford interestingly, he doesn't feel that way about other spending. he is loving every other division grow. this gives you a sense of obama's priorities. the truth of it is, you have to increase conventional forces. conventional forces are costlier than nuclear bombs. what obama is doing, again with disregard for all these trade-offs, he is slashing book. he is slashing the military and he has also dramatica
the gee hotties in iraq and afghanistan, they are freedom fighters. they should be given constitutional rights. treated like citizens. but bin laden, the al qaeda guys, they are international criminals. there is no inconsistency in occupied territories. >> i just returned from afghanistan. >> thank you, thank you. [applause] >> my question is regarding afghanistan do you feel that he wants to dismantle the u.s. military or there is some other reasons behind it? >> when...
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in981 they bombed in iraq and stopped for a time there, the likud program. they spread the program outcome of prime mission scientist and scientists in other countries as well. it's a very sophisticated, also adapted to carry atomic devices. they are very determined to become an atomic power. it is important to remember what atomic powers do. they don't detonate atomic bombs. they threaten to do so. and when i talked to the high-ranking officials in bahrain, saudi arabia and nearby arab countries, they are equally terrified israelis. they know what kind of concessions they are going to demand and they are not going to be small and ambition. >> ht: frightening. let's move on to fast and furious. we are awaiting the inspector general served toward, eric holder and the president had touched by waiting for the verdict on what happened in the fast and furious operation. you see this as another example of deficiencies in obama's leadership, in particular dealing with subordinates, in this case the attorney general, personal friend, eric holder. let's walk through
in981 they bombed in iraq and stopped for a time there, the likud program. they spread the program outcome of prime mission scientist and scientists in other countries as well. it's a very sophisticated, also adapted to carry atomic devices. they are very determined to become an atomic power. it is important to remember what atomic powers do. they don't detonate atomic bombs. they threaten to do so. and when i talked to the high-ranking officials in bahrain, saudi arabia and nearby arab...
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we just a guess that in iraq. general petraeus and iowa in 2007 in front of congress, you know, what the hell did we know i thought i told the story. in afghanistan we do know. the same adversaries that ran at country in the 90's want it back, and they are committed, they are resilient, they are tough, they are smart. after all, we get killed all of the slow and stupid ones. and in my judgment, the taliban come al qaeda linkage posts bin laden while there might be some taliban that have a different view it's still pretty solid. the taliban get back and stand by for al qaeda. they may be weak, but afghanistan as the field of choice in the world that yemen can never be for reasons that those of you that no yemen will understand, you will never get homogenous whatsoever in the world better now that the desirability of having al qaeda as members. it was different in afghanistan and it could be different again. so i would conclude really long after i should have what kind of future. and afghanistan that is good enough
we just a guess that in iraq. general petraeus and iowa in 2007 in front of congress, you know, what the hell did we know i thought i told the story. in afghanistan we do know. the same adversaries that ran at country in the 90's want it back, and they are committed, they are resilient, they are tough, they are smart. after all, we get killed all of the slow and stupid ones. and in my judgment, the taliban come al qaeda linkage posts bin laden while there might be some taliban that have a...
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i think the iraq war was a mistake. the reason everyone knows for which we went in turned out to be not true. there wasn't weapons of mass destruction at the time in iraq. we spent an enormous effort and young men and women gave their american lives for the effort. it cost us over a trillion dollars. it really harmed our credibility the basic credibility of our country. not just in the middle east but in other parts of the world and with a benefit of hindsight if we can go back to 2003, i would recommend we not innovate iraq. this that sense it was a war of choice. it was essential not war of necessity. i think, however, that the decision by president bush to go in to afghanistan in october of 2001, just a couple of weeks after 9/11 it was a war of necessity. we had to go after u osama bin laden. >> host: let's hear from samuel on the democrat line. >> caller: good morning. how are you? >> host: good. how are you? >> caller: can you hear me. >> host. >> [inaudible] justifiable credit to our president and hello, mr. burn
i think the iraq war was a mistake. the reason everyone knows for which we went in turned out to be not true. there wasn't weapons of mass destruction at the time in iraq. we spent an enormous effort and young men and women gave their american lives for the effort. it cost us over a trillion dollars. it really harmed our credibility the basic credibility of our country. not just in the middle east but in other parts of the world and with a benefit of hindsight if we can go back to 2003, i would...
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. >> barack obama's s foreign poly got us out of iraq, is getting us out of afghanistan, has killed osama bin laden, and has said in e future we are goingg to target our enemies. we are not going to do five or foreignoccupatioof countries. >> badad things that happen overseas happen to president. they do not happen to other candidates. i dodon't really see that mitt romney is able to do that. what is he going to do? have troops onon theround in lots of these places? the american pple do not want that rightow. the american pple do not want that rightow. in the people, businesses, and organizations that call greater washington home. whether it's funding an organization that provides new citizens with jobraining, working with an anacostia school that promotes academic excellence, or supporting an organization that serves 5,000 meals a day across d.c., what's important to the people of greater washington is important to us, and we're proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger. better phone, better internet. it was like somebody like took our computer, shook all the j
. >> barack obama's s foreign poly got us out of iraq, is getting us out of afghanistan, has killed osama bin laden, and has said in e future we are goingg to target our enemies. we are not going to do five or foreignoccupatioof countries. >> badad things that happen overseas happen to president. they do not happen to other candidates. i dodon't really see that mitt romney is able to do that. what is he going to do? have troops onon theround in lots of these places? the american...
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is basically repeating history this is what happened in iraq this is what happened in afghanistan and maybe this is and this is self fulfilling prophecy a lot of people were saying that the u.s. actually helped libya because they want to invade that country because they want to control its resources and now this is basically what i mean not necessarily what's happening but this is you know for them they're going to say this is exactly what's happening right now and as far as we know if that's absolutely not what's happening but it was interesting i should point out when for the president spoke at the white house this morning you know it wasn't a press conference but one of the journalists there did yell out a question mr president is this an act of war and i think it is important as you say to point out that this is sort of the perspective that some people are going to have again a very developing changing story by the moment as we found out you've been in this field covering these issues for years and years now so it's great to have your insight r.t.r. but correspondent thanks so muc
is basically repeating history this is what happened in iraq this is what happened in afghanistan and maybe this is and this is self fulfilling prophecy a lot of people were saying that the u.s. actually helped libya because they want to invade that country because they want to control its resources and now this is basically what i mean not necessarily what's happening but this is you know for them they're going to say this is exactly what's happening right now and as far as we know if that's...
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s began before dawn at post in central iraq. if you hours later, a car exploded. 21 attacks were carried out in 13 different cities. was spilled in syria. left atmb exploded and least 17 people killed and more injured. rebel fighters continued to .attle an additional eight people were these attacks. it was a crisp morning and a at night, but what will the week ahead feel like? that >> what a different 24 hours can make. the coolest weather and: stress of overnight seen sinces we have june 5. you can open the window and sleep without air-conditioning. wjla.com, a very interesting blog was written. lose about 15 minutes of daylight from tonight to a week tonight. will take it. >> looked outside tonight. we are looking at mainly clear skies. they will allow our temperatures a bit. quite already 68 degrees at rage and national airport. -- reagan national airport. winds are now out of the northwest at 10 m.p.h. our average for the state, 82. 55 degrees over in big meadows. you had over to nw d.c., 61 degrees. final stop takes us to u
s began before dawn at post in central iraq. if you hours later, a car exploded. 21 attacks were carried out in 13 different cities. was spilled in syria. left atmb exploded and least 17 people killed and more injured. rebel fighters continued to .attle an additional eight people were these attacks. it was a crisp morning and a at night, but what will the week ahead feel like? that >> what a different 24 hours can make. the coolest weather and: stress of overnight seen sinces we have june...
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goals in iraq? what are the prospects for achieving these goals and what resources will be required over the long-term? and looks very to your testimony and i thank the chairman for this hearing. >> thank you very much, senator lugar and thanks for your personal recollections of chris stevens. we do appreciate it very much. the ambassador you can tell is of considerable interest and we look forward to your comments to ask him questions. >> thank you, chairman kerry, senator lugar and members of the committee, to matter to appear before you as the president's nominee to serve as united states ambassador to the public of iraq. and deeply grateful to the president for this opportunity and i would have to submit my full statement for the record is >> without objection placed in the record. i would like to talk about the perished, raves who represent the best of the united states have my thoughts and prayers remain with their families and friends. i spent most of my career working in the middle east incr
goals in iraq? what are the prospects for achieving these goals and what resources will be required over the long-term? and looks very to your testimony and i thank the chairman for this hearing. >> thank you very much, senator lugar and thanks for your personal recollections of chris stevens. we do appreciate it very much. the ambassador you can tell is of considerable interest and we look forward to your comments to ask him questions. >> thank you, chairman kerry, senator lugar...
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i am the wife of an iraq war veteran. i take my responsibility seriously. here we stand about to adjourn without take up the defense authorization, so important to our men and women in uniform. here we stand, about to adjourn, with our military facing what's called sequestration, which is across-the-board cuts, which our own military leaders have said will hollow out our force, will undermine our national security for generations. these are the words of our own secretary of defense. will break faith with our men and women in uniform. and if we don't take action before january 1, this happens to our military on top of the fact that we haven't taken up a defense authorization. but not only that, it's been three years since the senate has taken up a budget for our country, which is one of the reasons we find ourselves in this situation with the hatchet coming to our military in january. and on top of that the majority leader has not brought forth one appropriations bill that would go with, if done in the right way, the appropriate budgeting. two important bill
i am the wife of an iraq war veteran. i take my responsibility seriously. here we stand about to adjourn without take up the defense authorization, so important to our men and women in uniform. here we stand, about to adjourn, with our military facing what's called sequestration, which is across-the-board cuts, which our own military leaders have said will hollow out our force, will undermine our national security for generations. these are the words of our own secretary of defense. will break...
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nobody argued we're at war in iraq or afghanistan. i wanted evidence he believed that we were at war with the groups that attacked us on september 11th. .. he would use law enforcement authorities but he would not limit himself just to law enforcement authorities. he would actually use his authority sounds commander-in-chief to wage war against a foreign enemy. i'm sure you all remember in 2009 after just a few weeks in office president obama was awarded the nobel peace prize. by and large i thought it was awarded because he wasn't president bush and the europeans wanted to confirm that fact. [laughter] do we recall his acceptance speech in scandinavia? do you recall the scene? i do. i watched carefully. you have the president at the podium here and he's reading his speech, and the camera shot is coming from here, okay? so we are seeing kind of the back of the president, and then you are seeing the nobel committee and ought of the dignitaries that have been inflated. and it's a remarkable scene. i've actually tested this on the other
nobody argued we're at war in iraq or afghanistan. i wanted evidence he believed that we were at war with the groups that attacked us on september 11th. .. he would use law enforcement authorities but he would not limit himself just to law enforcement authorities. he would actually use his authority sounds commander-in-chief to wage war against a foreign enemy. i'm sure you all remember in 2009 after just a few weeks in office president obama was awarded the nobel peace prize. by and large i...
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mike is senior fellow and director of research for foreign policy at brookings where he wants the iraq, afghanistan indices and specializes in u.s. defense and policy issues. mike is literally the busiest man at brookings, if not all of think tank, but if you go on his online bio you see literally hundreds of articles that is written well tv and radio appearances number not in the hundreds but the thousand. maybe even tens of thousands. not clear. i'm on top of that he's written several great books, the wounded john, america's armed forces, topping out in afghanistan, and the science of war. is working on a new publication entitled why nuclear arms control is still important. then we'll hear from todd harrison. is a graduate of mit, degrees in aeronautics and astronautics. he's worked in the aerospace, developing systems and technologies, also serves and use the air force reserves. he's presently senior fellow for defense budget studies at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments what he is one of the top voices on the american defense budget. he has authored multiple publica
mike is senior fellow and director of research for foreign policy at brookings where he wants the iraq, afghanistan indices and specializes in u.s. defense and policy issues. mike is literally the busiest man at brookings, if not all of think tank, but if you go on his online bio you see literally hundreds of articles that is written well tv and radio appearances number not in the hundreds but the thousand. maybe even tens of thousands. not clear. i'm on top of that he's written several great...
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iraq has a problem. nay need to work on reconnecting the pipelines or try to get a contractor to work in kirkuk but the political risk is extremely high if you're going work on the border between the regional and the federal government. any case, i have so focused on the north since both much you did a good job on that. i thought i would add my knowledge to compliment that. now we should focus on the south because that is the crown jewel of iraq and what is iraq trying to do? so they have 18 contract, the first bid round was in june of 2009. at first, they only had one company have a winning bid that was the exxon and exxon and the italian firm eni and the chinese firm issued bids later. they decided to come down and meet the iraq i can price. any case, with which as you can see, if they're only hitting 3 million now, let's see rumaila is producing 13. you're adding another million 500,000 to what iraq produced. it puts iraq in to 4 million to almost 4.5 million someday. just with that alone it is a succ
iraq has a problem. nay need to work on reconnecting the pipelines or try to get a contractor to work in kirkuk but the political risk is extremely high if you're going work on the border between the regional and the federal government. any case, i have so focused on the north since both much you did a good job on that. i thought i would add my knowledge to compliment that. now we should focus on the south because that is the crown jewel of iraq and what is iraq trying to do? so they have 18...
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four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq and we did. [cheers and applause] i said it's time for us to start winding down the war in afghanistan, and we are. we have got a new tower rising above the new york skyline even as al qaeda is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. [applause] but what happens this past week underscores that we still have threats in the world. we can't just pull that. we have to stay engaged and involved for our security. we have also got to remain vigilant. that is why as long as i'm commander-in-chief we will always have the strongest military the world has ever known. [applause] we will do what is required to keep our personal safe around the world and when our troops come home, when they take off their uniform, we will serve them as well as they have served us. because in america, no one should, no one who has fought for this country should have to fight for a job or a roof over their heads when they come home. [applause] but again here you have got a choice too because my opponent said it was tra
four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq and we did. [cheers and applause] i said it's time for us to start winding down the war in afghanistan, and we are. we have got a new tower rising above the new york skyline even as al qaeda is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. [applause] but what happens this past week underscores that we still have threats in the world. we can't just pull that. we have to stay engaged and involved for our security. we have also got to remain...
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he said that when he was talking about iraq but he meant it and we didn't really listen to. reducing his statements or the perception we have of him, for getting he is representing a system. he is representing an administration. this administration pushing for many reasons and not only political reasons anything which has to do today with the democratization in the region. the bloggers and cyberdissidents who were pushing and spreading around of feeling that something should change in egypt and tunisia and even syria or yemen many of these blockers -- this was known. google, freedom house, they were training people and financing the training of people who were advocating democracy and liberating the countries and they were trained by american organizations and european organizations and if we study what happened in eastern europe with the whole process of the european spring, eastern european spring because behind it was a philosophy no one had heard and not enough people heard about sasha pop povich who was getting a sense of how we mobilize the people in order to push for
he said that when he was talking about iraq but he meant it and we didn't really listen to. reducing his statements or the perception we have of him, for getting he is representing a system. he is representing an administration. this administration pushing for many reasons and not only political reasons anything which has to do today with the democratization in the region. the bloggers and cyberdissidents who were pushing and spreading around of feeling that something should change in egypt and...
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no, it's been a long 11 years of combat in afghanistan and iraq. but our military and its leaders have brought the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, osama bin laden to justice, and for a decade, america has been safe from the next round of attacks that we all thought were imminent 11 years ago. none of this could have been accomplished without the brave men and women of our armed forces. on 9/11, the mission of our military changed overnight. those already enlisted knew they would be heading for war, and many more joined our military knowing that they, too, would be headed for combat. from the events of 9/11, the best of america was reborn. a new generation of americans dedicated to service and preservation of freedom were called to action because of 9/11. these americans were among the first on the ground in foreign countries. they toppled a dictator, liberated a nation of women and children from an oppressive regime and brought to justice osama bin laden. today our overseas operations fighting the war on terror continues, but for many of these sold
no, it's been a long 11 years of combat in afghanistan and iraq. but our military and its leaders have brought the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, osama bin laden to justice, and for a decade, america has been safe from the next round of attacks that we all thought were imminent 11 years ago. none of this could have been accomplished without the brave men and women of our armed forces. on 9/11, the mission of our military changed overnight. those already enlisted knew they would be heading for...
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we know that we are no longer actively engaged in iraq. we know that osama bin laden is no longer plotting new terrorist attacks. there may be other people doing it, but osama bin laden is not alive and doing it. we know that the auto industry did not fall apart. we know that there are successes on his watch. so that you have to just take that piece and say, that's not -- that's not going to work. >> got to leave it there. i'm sorry to cut you off. got to leave it there. the president speaking live in norfolk, virginia. i want to listen in. let's listen in real quick. >> i had missouri going pretty deep, but i want you to know i've got no hard feelings. let's just say you owe me one. now, i know that whatever i say here today, it's going to be at best a distant second to the speech you will hear tonight from the star of the obama family, michelle obama. you know, this is just like a relay and you start off with the fastest person. so i'm going to be at home. i'm going to be watching it with our girls. and i am going to try not to let them
we know that we are no longer actively engaged in iraq. we know that osama bin laden is no longer plotting new terrorist attacks. there may be other people doing it, but osama bin laden is not alive and doing it. we know that the auto industry did not fall apart. we know that there are successes on his watch. so that you have to just take that piece and say, that's not -- that's not going to work. >> got to leave it there. i'm sorry to cut you off. got to leave it there. the president...
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i volunteered to go to iraq with the united states ma reap corp. out of retirement because i believed once we were in it we had to finish it. how costly that was, not just in terms of lives, but in terms of tax dollars spent. as long as i'm on this committee, if i can do one thing, it's making sure this country never goes down the road of nation building and, again i'm glad to see we're phasing out of afghanistan. on the issue of libya today, stunning the lack of coordination between the intelligence community and the state department and now that we're reacting when we could have been proactive, didn't have a marine corp. attachment on the ground, in tripoli, the embassy, pretended it was a permissive environment, which was stunning to me costing the lives of the u.s. ambassador and two of his co-workers. with that said, let me put a question out to the united states marine corp.. with our ability to respond in the region with fast teams and ops how to sequester and impact that capability? >> what we make every effort to do is ensure the current o
i volunteered to go to iraq with the united states ma reap corp. out of retirement because i believed once we were in it we had to finish it. how costly that was, not just in terms of lives, but in terms of tax dollars spent. as long as i'm on this committee, if i can do one thing, it's making sure this country never goes down the road of nation building and, again i'm glad to see we're phasing out of afghanistan. on the issue of libya today, stunning the lack of coordination between the...
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debate but she had her sources are going through the country and into iraq. this is the blowback they say that these al qaeda types in iraq going back into syria because they are knowledgeable and have established networks in syria and going into iraq and now they have familiarity and coming back into syria. they are banned reporters says saudis and others. again, unfortunately in the vast majority of the opposition are just secularized muslims, most of them sunni arab. they are not solidus hottest. but to make it more of these wildcards, so to speak coming across into the borders because then al qaeda, the extremist islamist ideology is how they cut their teeth and earned their stripes were fighting in these types of battles from afghanistan to iraq and other places. and now perhaps syria. >> host: twitter has this question or comment. we need to send them food, water and shelter, not guns and bombs. the syrians are not for the rebels taking over. >> guest: that's a good question. you know, i've done calculating in my head and i may be way off on this, but t
debate but she had her sources are going through the country and into iraq. this is the blowback they say that these al qaeda types in iraq going back into syria because they are knowledgeable and have established networks in syria and going into iraq and now they have familiarity and coming back into syria. they are banned reporters says saudis and others. again, unfortunately in the vast majority of the opposition are just secularized muslims, most of them sunni arab. they are not solidus...
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the other example, the surge in iraq, in 2006. we spent the fall of 2006 absolutely laser beam focused on, looked like one of daunte's circles of hell going on in iraq at the time. what are we to do about it? the bid on the table was to double down. was to send five brigades, five american brigades into iraq and i'm there with my deputy, supported by a whole phalanx of cia analysts and what we told the president and the vice president was, mr. president, you put five brigades of professional, nonsectarian combat power into that war, you are going to push the violence down. you are going to make baghdad a safer place. but, mr. president, you're making baghdad a safer place to create the political space for the iraqi government to make some very fundamental decisions. they have got to take advantage of the space you're going to buy them with american blood. and, mr. president, nouriel maliki is not a high probability shot. mr. president, nouriel maliki, has spent his entire life in exile. he has a conspiratorial view of the world. h
the other example, the surge in iraq, in 2006. we spent the fall of 2006 absolutely laser beam focused on, looked like one of daunte's circles of hell going on in iraq at the time. what are we to do about it? the bid on the table was to double down. was to send five brigades, five american brigades into iraq and i'm there with my deputy, supported by a whole phalanx of cia analysts and what we told the president and the vice president was, mr. president, you put five brigades of professional,...
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veteran's center in southwest florida, and everybody knows a lot of the current veterans, afghanistan, iraq, what they've come back to. what was interesting about the center is how many veterans went back to the korean war, vietnam, the gulf war of 15-20 years ago. a lot of the people were on the verge of losing their houses. one of the great myths out there was a social policy putting people in houses who shouldn't have been. yes, i'm sure there was some of that. here's guys who owned houses for years, many of them who had been tricked by exotic mortgages that mortgage companies were selling it because of the fees and what they could make from it. we remember when we bought our first houses. you had to mortgage your first born child to get a mortgage. in the last ten years, it was flipped because there was money made in fees and bundle them with stock instruments. was that regulation? no, this was not regulation at all. >> guest: wall street demanded more and more of the bundled mortgages because they had a market for them. >> host: are you saying that market dinism doesn't work for the am
veteran's center in southwest florida, and everybody knows a lot of the current veterans, afghanistan, iraq, what they've come back to. what was interesting about the center is how many veterans went back to the korean war, vietnam, the gulf war of 15-20 years ago. a lot of the people were on the verge of losing their houses. one of the great myths out there was a social policy putting people in houses who shouldn't have been. yes, i'm sure there was some of that. here's guys who owned houses...
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that's more than we had in 2006, at the height -- at the height -- of the iraq war. in fact, even after the automatic cuts, the united states will still count for 40% of all military spending in the world. 40% of all the military spending is by our country. i promise you, we're going to make sure that america keeps the strongest defense in the world. but as a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, one of the most sobering moments i've had in this body, i'm sitting on the armed services committee and i had been learning like you and everybody else, madam president, about the dangers we face around the world and the threat to the uplgs. the question -- threat to the united states of america. the question was asked to admiral mike mullen, what is the greatest threat america faces. he didn't hesitate, didn't waiver. i'm thinking i'm going to hear about the problems we have, iraq, afghanistan and on and on. he said the debt of this nation is the greatest threat we face as america. he wasn't worried about another military might. he wasn't worried about another terro
that's more than we had in 2006, at the height -- at the height -- of the iraq war. in fact, even after the automatic cuts, the united states will still count for 40% of all military spending in the world. 40% of all the military spending is by our country. i promise you, we're going to make sure that america keeps the strongest defense in the world. but as a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, one of the most sobering moments i've had in this body, i'm sitting on the armed services...
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but also discuss the wars in iraq and afghanistan and u.s. relations with the middle east. from fordham university law school in new york, this is about an hour and a half. >> we are here again once again in connection with this conference dedicated to examining the 2012 presidential election, and the way it may be being shaped by the memory of the holocaust and the policy of israel. and we can find no to more interesting people to discuss this topic for many, many reasons. first, the former three term mayor of new york city, ed koch. [applause] people forget, i do not, but people forget that mayor koch act to start out in congress. so the discussion that watauga is not merely about his days as a member also he two, has run for congress and knows what that means. i think in this more recent vintage, mayor koch can be thought of as a kingmaker in guiding the jewish vote. many people, well, he may not agree to this but he may actually many people think of him as a barometer, kingmaker of sorts of whether jewish vote is headed. that's another reason to have them. and he made h
but also discuss the wars in iraq and afghanistan and u.s. relations with the middle east. from fordham university law school in new york, this is about an hour and a half. >> we are here again once again in connection with this conference dedicated to examining the 2012 presidential election, and the way it may be being shaped by the memory of the holocaust and the policy of israel. and we can find no to more interesting people to discuss this topic for many, many reasons. first, the...
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four years ago, i said i would end the war in iraq, and i did. [cheers and applause] i said we'd wind down the war in afghanistan, and we are. [cheers and applause] a new tower is rising over the new york skyline, al qaeda is on the path to defeat, and osama bin laden is dead. [cheers and applause] now, as we saw last week -- >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> now, as we saw last week, we've still got threats out there. we saw the attack on our consulate, and we will bring those murderers to justice. [applause] and that's what as long as i am commander in chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. [applause] and when our troops come home, and they take off their uniform, we will serve them as well as they have served us because if you served our military -- [applause] a few protected our people, if you fought for our freedom, you shouldn't have to fight for a job when you come home. [applause] mitt romney, he thinks that it was tragic for us to end the war in iraq. he doesn't have a plan to
four years ago, i said i would end the war in iraq, and i did. [cheers and applause] i said we'd wind down the war in afghanistan, and we are. [cheers and applause] a new tower is rising over the new york skyline, al qaeda is on the path to defeat, and osama bin laden is dead. [cheers and applause] now, as we saw last week -- >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> u.s.a. >> now, as we saw last week, we've still got threats out there. we...
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army criminal investigation division united states forces in iraq the first division the u.s. . computer in crimes investigative unit the safety i use the second army cyber command. and within that three separate intelligence investigations the department of justice most significantly and its u.s. grand jury in alexandria virginia the federal bureau of investigation which now has according to court testimony early this year produced a file of forty two thousand one hundred and thirty five pages into wiki leaks which less than eight thousand concerned bradley manning the department of state the department of state diplomatic security services in addition we have been investigated by the office of the director general of national intelligence the o. d.n.i. the office of the national counterintelligence executive the central intelligence agency the house oversight committee the national security staff into agent to me agency committee and the p i a the president intelligence the president intelligence advisory board. the department of justice spokesperson jane parade confirmed in j
army criminal investigation division united states forces in iraq the first division the u.s. . computer in crimes investigative unit the safety i use the second army cyber command. and within that three separate intelligence investigations the department of justice most significantly and its u.s. grand jury in alexandria virginia the federal bureau of investigation which now has according to court testimony early this year produced a file of forty two thousand one hundred and thirty five pages...
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israeli air force pilots and commanders, what the uniform would say to you is now now now that i is for iraq. this is an issue, this is a problem, it is a threat that the israelis have been thinking about for a very long time. they has been a great deal of effort trying to figure out how to develop a military option to disarm iran, to destroy its nuclear program if they ever chose to do so. and they've been working very deciduous lead at the. but by the same token, you will have noticed that while this is been a topic of an active conversation, some sense is going all the way back to 1991 at the very least, since 2002, israel has not yet exercise that option. it has not done so for good reason. there are all kinds of good reasons not to strike and all kinds of bad reasons involved in a straight. and this is created a conundrum for israel and it has created a conundrum for israel's allies in the region and out. and it is why to this day as iran continues to move forward in defiance of united nations security council resolutions, israelis and their friends, first among them the united states o
israeli air force pilots and commanders, what the uniform would say to you is now now now that i is for iraq. this is an issue, this is a problem, it is a threat that the israelis have been thinking about for a very long time. they has been a great deal of effort trying to figure out how to develop a military option to disarm iran, to destroy its nuclear program if they ever chose to do so. and they've been working very deciduous lead at the. but by the same token, you will have noticed that...
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before iran, let's speak iraq. in the early '80s, the prime minister decided to attack the nuclear reactor in iraq. it wasn't popular here in the u.s., but we did it. and we we were condemned by the u.s., by the state department, we were condemned by the u.n., but years later people exearkted that the -- appreciated that the, grave decision that prime minister begin took in 198 is 1 was for the benefit of the american people. because when you, the american army, invaded iraq, you were able do into the region without taking the risk that iran was nuclear. i'm sure there are some young jewish people in the audience, and for us, i don't mean -- yom kippur is the holiest day of the year. 1973 during the yom kippur, that's something i found out even though i thought i knew everything before i wrote the book, but while doing the research, i learned myself a lot, and i found out that in 1973 when the egyptian and syrian armies caught us by surprise and we were almost in a point that we would have lost the war, and when we
before iran, let's speak iraq. in the early '80s, the prime minister decided to attack the nuclear reactor in iraq. it wasn't popular here in the u.s., but we did it. and we we were condemned by the u.s., by the state department, we were condemned by the u.n., but years later people exearkted that the -- appreciated that the, grave decision that prime minister begin took in 198 is 1 was for the benefit of the american people. because when you, the american army, invaded iraq, you were able do...
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class of iraq to me pakistani city of karachi where at least one person has been killed in some awful doesn't injured as thousands of people passed with the security forces not far from the u.s. consulate building in the city the police fired warning shots into the air they used to pass as well as into the men's side and dispersed. also on sunday there were demonstrations held in various cities across the country in the city of detroit hundreds of other local businesses to. make port for the american ambassador to pakistan to be expelled they also point out on what you is goods and services that the pakistani authorities that since blocked access to this on you tube it is a two minute trailer of a form that has been titled innocence of muslims we believe put into office for the statements of placement in the united states has since been released although he has gone into hiding on sunday to meet i mean who wants. to talk to him to marry women and to wait to soak and this is only intensifying and we've had nothing to marry me relations first wyman's funds while the united states has si
class of iraq to me pakistani city of karachi where at least one person has been killed in some awful doesn't injured as thousands of people passed with the security forces not far from the u.s. consulate building in the city the police fired warning shots into the air they used to pass as well as into the men's side and dispersed. also on sunday there were demonstrations held in various cities across the country in the city of detroit hundreds of other local businesses to. make port for the...
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and iraq. part of the problem was the republican said well, there are other things the government should be doing. they said this is a political exercise, that they don't necessarily need the governments help. senator rand paul is a real critic of the. he said he would just block the bill entirely for various reasons. he wanted to stop american aid to pakistan and killed they freed the physician help the united states find osama bin laden. in any event this tide of the senate all week. they appear to have reached an agreement and will vote on wednesday the 19th. >> the house finish up their work on the temper spending, the six months been built the continuing resolution that goes with this sentiment. what's the consensus on when the senate might get to? >> they were talking about wednesday, thursday, friday of next week. the senate wants to leave at the end of next week as they want to go home and campaign. they probably would there probably won't be huge controversy over the six-month extensio
and iraq. part of the problem was the republican said well, there are other things the government should be doing. they said this is a political exercise, that they don't necessarily need the governments help. senator rand paul is a real critic of the. he said he would just block the bill entirely for various reasons. he wanted to stop american aid to pakistan and killed they freed the physician help the united states find osama bin laden. in any event this tide of the senate all week. they...
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they feel like they're being occupied or invaded you know first you know there was afghanistan and iraq and now it's libya now even if that is not what's happening here do you think the u.s. is doing a good enough job of communicating what's going on what the problem has been with the administration is that when the arab spring began and we discussed it on our team many times the early wave was made by civil society by youth the google people april six women minorities that was the beginning and fortunately washington chose to ally itself let me say partner with the muslim brotherhood in egypt for example would not in tunisia and in libya as you said in the introduction the rebels were diverse you had secular former girl crabs former ambassadors former military offshoot of the regime and the islamised unfortunately we chose to partner with the islamic thinking that they are going to stab allies north africa look who the extreme among the islamic you know are doing in targeting us the our embassies and let's be really clear of course no information that we know of so far about who exactl
they feel like they're being occupied or invaded you know first you know there was afghanistan and iraq and now it's libya now even if that is not what's happening here do you think the u.s. is doing a good enough job of communicating what's going on what the problem has been with the administration is that when the arab spring began and we discussed it on our team many times the early wave was made by civil society by youth the google people april six women minorities that was the beginning...